Chapter Summaries

Wu Wang Demon Venerable, Ye Fantian, and Eternal Immortal Ancestor welcomed the powerful figures Snake Emperor Qingshan had summoned while Phoenix Emperor Venerate learned Yue Yunshang was in danger and prepared to intervene. After receiving her warning not to ruin her plans, he still set out to confront the other factions and sent part of his Divine Soul to the lower realm as a precaution.

• Wu Wang Demon Venerable, Ye Fantian, and Eternal Immortal Ancestor praised Snake Emperor Qingshan for helping their plan and went to welcome the figures he had summoned.
• Xin Que reported to Phoenix Emperor Venerate that Feng Ming had failed to ambush Heavenly Emperor Shenyu, who was heading toward her, while Snake Emperor Qingshan had called several powerful allies.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate declared that he would fight anyone who threatened Feng Ming and ordered the Phoenix Immortal Dynasty to disband, but Xin Que and the dynasty's cultivators pledged to fight beside him.
• Yue Yunshang sent Phoenix Emperor Venerate a letter telling him not to interfere, and Xin Que convinced him that she was trying to protect him while luring enemies into a trap.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate decided to visit the main academy, Chaos Holy Land, and Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake Clan, and ordered Xin Que to take part of his Divine Soul to the lower realm.

Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate realized that the Heavenly Emperor Shenyu pursuing Yue Yunshang was an impostor and that the summons was a trap, but he could not reach the other targets to warn them. Phoenix Emperor Venerate let him leave, suspecting he was already too late, as War Emperor Tian Ye and Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou reached the Milo Realm.

• Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate deduced that Yue Yunshang had lured him, War Emperor Tian Ye, Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou, and other experts into a trap using an impostor disguised as Heavenly Emperor Shenyu.
• Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate tried to warn War Emperor Tian Ye, Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou, and the others, but his transmission talismans could not reach them.
• Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate hurried to leave Chaos Holy Land and collided with Phoenix Emperor Venerate, who demanded to know where he was going.
• Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate explained his theory, and Phoenix Emperor Venerate lowered his killing intent and allowed him to go.
• War Emperor Tian Ye joined Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou and the other experts, and they arrived at the Milo Realm.

In Milo Realm, Yue Yunshang revealed that she had impersonated Heavenly Emperor Shenyu to lure Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou, War Emperor Tian Ye, and their allies into a trap. With Shenyu and Mysterious Dao Divine Emperor sealed in the Nine Nether Purgatory Tower, Shen Zhou and Tian Ye refused to retreat and prepared to fight Yue Yunshang.

• Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou led War Emperor Tian Ye and more than a dozen Immortal Emperors to Milo Realm, claiming he could sense his brother Heavenly Emperor Shenyu nearby.
• The group approached a sacred mountain and found a figure posing as Heavenly Emperor Shenyu, who allowed them to gather behind him.
• Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou and War Emperor Tian Ye attacked the figure, but Yue Yunshang escaped and revealed that the supposed Shenyu had been her illusion.
• Yue Yunshang showed the Nine Nether Purgatory Tower and taunted Shen Zhou and Tian Ye with the revelation that their family members, including Shenyu and Mysterious Dao Divine Emperor, were inside.
• Snake Emperor Qingshan and other allies urged a retreat, but Shen Zhou and Tian Ye refused and readied their forces.
• Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou charged Yue Yunshang with a punch.

Yue Yunshang trapped War Emperor Tian Ye and Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou in Xiaofei’s sword formation and defeated them. As War Emperor Tian Ye seemed to unleash power beyond his peak and an unfamiliar voice declared the fight over, the battle took a sudden turn.

• War Emperor Tian Ye shattered part of the Milo Realm with a golden greatsword to force Yue Yunshang to reveal herself, while Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou used their blood connection to locate her.
• Yue Yunshang revealed a powerful sword formation that blocked War Emperor Tian Ye’s attack and trapped him and Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou.
• The formation overwhelmed the two Quasi-Hegemons, wounding them and pinning down Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou until War Emperor Tian Ye rescued him.
• As the sword formation drained their strength, Yue Yunshang defeated both opponents and said she wished Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate had come too.
• War Emperor Tian Ye claimed Hegemon-grade forces had not been accounted for, then erupted with power beyond his peak and destroyed the sword formation with one punch while an unfamiliar voice spoke through him.

The dean’s soul fragment took control of War Emperor Tian Ye, shattered the sword array, and trapped Yue Yunshang and her allies with Hegemon Grade power. The chapter ended with Yue Yunshang, Ye Fantian, Wu Wang Demon Venerable, Eternal Immortal Ancestor, and Melodious Heavenly Maiden gathered in War Emperor Tian Ye’s palm.

• The dean’s soul fragment seized control of War Emperor Tian Ye and broke the sword array with a single punch.
• War Emperor Tian Ye attacked Yue Yunshang and stripped away her ability to escape, then demanded the Nine Nether Purgatory Tower.
• Yue Yunshang signaled Ye Fantian, Wu Wang Demon Venerable, Eternal Immortal Ancestor, and Melodious Heavenly Maiden to retreat and use their teleportation talismans.
• War Emperor Tian Ye shattered the surrounding void and prevented the talismans from activating.
• War Emperor Tian Ye gathered Yue Yunshang and the four others in the palm of his hand and declared his Hegemon Grade domain’s absolute power.

The Kaoshan Sect ancestors watched as War Emperor Tian Ye captured Yue Yunshang and her companions, confident that they had a backup plan and that help would arrive if needed. But when the five tried to use their Primordial Crystals and failed, Tian Ye brutally subdued them, until a powerful newcomer challenged him.

• The Kaoshan Peak old ancestor stopped a hot-tempered ancestor from confronting War Emperor Tian Ye, explaining that only the White Robe Old Ancestor might rescue the captives, at great risk.
• The Kaoshan Peak old ancestor revealed that Yue Yunshang and the others had Primordial Crystals to teleport them away, and said their master had arranged for someone to create an opportunity to help them.
• War Emperor Tian Ye displayed his power to the watching cultivators and taunted Yue Yunshang and the others, who activated their Primordial Crystals but got no response.
• Yue Yunshang, Ye Fantian, Wu Wang Demon Venerable, Eternal Immortal Ancestor, and Melodious Heavenly Maiden tried to resist, but Tian Ye overwhelmed them and left Yue Yunshang especially badly injured.
• Tian Ye said he would kill the five despite Phoenix Emperor Venerate's promise to protect them, and a furious voice answered with power matching his own.

Phoenix Emperor Venerate descended to save Yue Yunshang and battled War Emperor Tian Ye, the Head of the General Academy. As their fight continued without a clear victor, Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou struck Phoenix Emperor Venerate with a hidden arrow.

• Phoenix Emperor Venerate's divine soul descended through Xin Que and forced War Emperor Tian Ye's Great Dao Power back, saving Yue Yunshang from immediate death.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate and Yue Yunshang exchanged words, and he vowed to kill War Emperor Tian Ye before turning to her.
• War Emperor Tian Ye sealed Yue Yunshang and the other four in a newly created world, then attacked Phoenix Emperor Venerate.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate and War Emperor Tian Ye clashed as equals, fighting on the Great Dao while their battle shook spacetime and the timeline.
• Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou rose and pierced Phoenix Emperor Venerate through the chest with an arrow of light, saying he had always hated birds.

Phoenix Emperor Venerate recovered from the Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor’s venomous ambush and revealed he had sent nearly one-tenth of his soul into the Three Thousand Dao Realms. He defeated the headmaster and the Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor, then imprisoned War Emperor Tian Ye and Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou in the Nine Nether Purgatory Tower.

• The Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor emerged from Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou and ambushed Phoenix Emperor Venerate, leaving him badly wounded with venom.
• The headmaster and the Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor attacked Phoenix Emperor Venerate together, expecting to claim his soul and body.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate healed instantly and revealed that he had sent nearly one-tenth of his soul down, then struck both attackers away.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate refused to hand over Mysterious Dao Divine Emperor or Heavenly Emperor Shenyu and slapped the headmaster and the Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor into submission.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate removed the two invaders’ souls from War Emperor Tian Ye and Heavenly Emperor Shen Zhou, then sent both men into the Nine Nether Purgatory Tower.

Phoenix Emperor Venerate held the Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor and the dean of the General Institute’s remnant souls after defeating them, while Yue Yunshang considered terms for the release of Xuandao and Tianye. Before they could settle the matter, Dao Wushuang’s master intervened, confronting the three Hegemon Grade beings for fighting.

• Phoenix Emperor Venerate rejected the Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor’s threats and declared that the Phoenix Immortal Dynasty would fight the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake Clan if necessary.
• The dean of the General Institute accepted defeat and offered to pay any price to recover Xuandao and Tianye, revealing that Duan Jingtian had been a Chess Piece he created.
• Yue Yunshang declined the captured remnant souls, and Wu Wang Demon Venerable asked to take them instead.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate, the dean of the General Institute, and the Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor sensed a powerful presence above them as thunder and pressure filled the sky.
• Dao Wushuang’s master appeared through an overwhelming voice and asked the three Hegemon Grade beings if they had had enough.

The Venerable Lord intervened in Phoenix Emperor Venerate’s dispute with the Headmaster of the General Academy and the Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor, offering to arrange compensation. He then turned his attention to Yue Yunshang, who refused to release her captives, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The Venerable Lord ordered the Headmaster of the General Academy and the Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor to return their divine souls to their true bodies and meet him, but Phoenix Emperor Venerate refused to release them without compensation.
• The Venerable Lord offered to make the two Hegemons apologize and satisfy Phoenix Emperor Venerate, and both agreed to compensate him.
• The Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor raised the fate of his captured people and those from the General Academy, including four Quasi-Hegemons.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate claimed Yue Yunshang as his Dao Companion, and she tacitly accepted the claim.
• The Venerable Lord asked Yue Yunshang to compromise, but she refused to release her captives just because he demanded it.

Yue Yunshang handed the Nine Nether Purgatory Tower to the Venerable Lord, who ruled that Phoenix Emperor Venerate could keep Shen Yu and Xuandao while releasing Shen Zhou and Tian Ye. After the Venerable Lord left and the factions departed, Phoenix Emperor Venerate asked Yue Yunshang to do something for him.

• Yue Yunshang handed over the Nine Nether Purgatory Tower and used her remark to draw the Venerable Lord's attention away from her.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate argued that Shen Yu and Xuandao should remain detained, and the Venerable Lord agreed that they could discuss terms with the Celestial Snake Clan.
• Duan Wudao accepted the ruling and offered to trade anything for Xuandao, while the Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor threatened war against the Phoenix Immortal Dynasty.
• The Venerable Lord rebuked the Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor and departed after ordering everyone to negotiate peacefully.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate released Shen Zhou and Tian Ye, stopped the Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor from rescuing Shen Yu, and sent the Thirty-Three Heavens' group away with Duan Wudao.
• After everyone else left, Phoenix Emperor Venerate returned the tower to Yue Yunshang and asked her to do something for him.

Phoenix Emperor Venerate visited Yue Yunshang despite the danger of sending part of his divine soul down, and Xin Que encouraged him to interpret her concern as affection. After Phoenix Emperor Venerate left for the Thirty-Three Heavens, Yue Yunshang worried about the day he would learn they were mortal enemies.

• Yue Yunshang scolded Phoenix Emperor Venerate for risking a tenth of his divine soul, while he tried to convince himself she was worried about him.
• Xin Que told Phoenix Emperor Venerate that Yue Yunshang’s complaints meant she was happy he had come for her, and urged him to ask for a kiss.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate asked Yue Yunshang for a kiss, but she pointed out that his current body belonged to Xin Que; he then claimed her failure to refuse meant she had agreed.
• Yue Yunshang said she would repay Phoenix Emperor Venerate later but refused to return with him to the dangerous Thirty-Three Heavens, and he reluctantly left.
• After Phoenix Emperor Venerate departed, Yue Yunshang wondered how he would react when he discovered they were mortal enemies and feared she was betraying both her sect and him.

Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate reflected on the Milo Realm battle while Yuanyang Realm was restored and announced plans to rebuild its strength. Yue Yunshang confronted Hua Yunfei about disabling the Primordial Crystal, then told him she would travel with Yaoyao to search for something.

• Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate left to temper himself after witnessing the Headmaster and the Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor turn the trap against its makers.
• Across the Three Thousand Dao Realms, people discussed the battle and the capture of Heavenly Emperor Shenyu, while the Venerable Lord's name vanished from their memories.
• Hua Yunfei and several World True Spirits restored Yuanyang Realm, and its World True Spirit announced plans to recruit people once the realm had stabilized.
• Hua Yunfei suppressed and fused with another Reincarnation True Body, strengthening his Dao.
• Yue Yunshang confronted Hua Yunfei over the Primordial Crystal, and he implied the ancestors had ordered him to disable it.
• Yue Yunshang told Hua Yunfei that she would accompany Yaoyao on a trip to search for something.

Hua Yunfei worried as Yue Yunshang and Ye Fantian accompanied Jiang Ruoyao to seek something dangerous, then continued following the Coffin Carrier through the Dao Realms. He reached the Abyss of Nothingness and sensed an unknown force inside calling both him and the Coffin Carrier in.

• Yue Yunshang teased Hua Yunfei about whether Jiang Ruoyao was special to him, then left with Ye Fantian to protect her.
• Hua Yunfei shared his unease about their journey with the ancestors, who confirmed that Ye Fantian had gone with them.
• Hua Yunfei consolidated the Yuanyang Realm's world power and led World True Spirits through other Dao Realms, while Immortal Emperors invited their peers for tea.
• Half a month later, Hua Yunfei followed the Coffin Carrier to the Abyss of Nothingness, where it stopped and gazed into the depths.
• The Dao Evolution Realm's World True Spirit warned Hua Yunfei against entering the deadly abyss, but Hua Yunfei felt an unknown pull drawing him inside.

Hua Yunfei heard faint, intermittent breathing from the Abyss of Nothingness and felt compelled to investigate despite the Dao Evolution Realm World True Spirit’s warnings. As he prepared to enter for a system check-in, he sensed a familiar aura approaching and wondered how it could be her.

• Hua Yunfei told the Dao Evolution Realm World True Spirit that faint breathing was drawing him toward the Abyss of Nothingness.
• The Dao Evolution Realm World True Spirit warned Hua Yunfei that a dangerous Special Being might be luring him inside, but Hua Yunfei said the breathing made him restless and his heart ache.
• Hua Yunfei explained that he was holding back his breakthrough to strengthen and temper himself before reaching Immortal Emperor Grade.
• The system triggered a fixed check-in at the Abyss of Nothingness and asked Hua Yunfei to enter for a random transcendent treasure.
• The Dao Evolution Realm World True Spirit tried again to dissuade Hua Yunfei after the Coffin Carrier departed, but Hua Yunfei remained determined and it chose to accompany him.
• As Hua Yunfei prepared to enter the Abyss of Nothingness, he sensed a familiar, approaching Immortal King Grade aura and wondered how it could be her.

Hua Yunfei recognized Ru Hua, who had unexpectedly reached the Three Thousand Dao Realms, where Fan Chong captured her and sought to uncover how she had crossed over. Just as Ru Hua faced the loss of her secret and her freedom, a figure wreathed in Nine-colored Mist appeared before her.

• Hua Yunfei spotted Ru Hua approaching the Abyss of Nothingness and wondered how she had come from the Great Universe.
• Fan Chong used his Immortal Emperor power to pin Ru Hua in place and revealed that he wanted both her and the secret of her passage to the Three Thousand Dao Realms.
• Ru Hua refused to reveal the secret and tried to destroy her origin and soul, but Fan Chong stopped her.
• Ru Hua thought of Ao Kun and prepared herself for Fan Chong to search her memories.
• A figure shrouded in Nine-colored Mist appeared before Ru Hua.

Hua Yunfei rescued Ru Hua from Fan Chong with help from the Eternal Immortal Ancestor, who captured the Immortal Emperor. Ru Hua learned that Ao Kun had wanted to save her and ended the chapter reaffirming her love for him.

• Ru Hua mistook Hua Yunfei for Ao Kun in a dying vision, then realized he had come to rescue her and heard that Ao Kun had entrusted him with the task.
• Hua Yunfei taunted Fan Chong, who attacked despite being warned to look around.
• The Eternal Immortal Ancestor appeared behind Fan Chong and revealed that his apparent injuries had been a deception.
• Fan Chong fought back but was swiftly defeated, and the Eternal Immortal Ancestor dragged him through Hua Yunfei's passage into the Primordial God Realm.
• Ru Hua praised Ao Kun's handsomeness and told Hua Yunfei that she loved him from the first moment she saw him.

Hua Yunfei reunited with Ru Hua, who explained how she had reached the Three Thousand Dao Realms from the Colorless Realm and revealed a shard that could nullify laws. The shard responded to Ru Hua but not Hua Yunfei, and she prepared to enter the Abyss of Nothingness alone.

• Ru Hua refused Hua Yunfei's offer to play matchmaker with Ao Kun, saying she wanted to cultivate until she could stand beside him.
• Ru Hua told Hua Yunfei that she had escaped the Colorless Realm through a dead land and offered to share the passage's location with Brother Gai.
• Hua Yunfei warned Ru Hua that the Abyss of Nothingness was dangerous, but Ru Hua said a shard she found might help her enter it.
• Ru Hua demonstrated that the shard nullified the laws in Hua Yunfei's Hua Clan Secret Art, though Hua Yunfei could not activate it himself.
• The shard responded when Ru Hua tried to activate it, and she decided to enter the Abyss of Nothingness alone.

Ru Hua and Hua Yunfei entered the Abyss of Nothingness with the World True Spirit of the Dao Evolution Realm, relying on Ru Hua’s fragment to shield them from its devouring force. Inside, they found themselves in a lightless, directionless void where even divine souls were consumed beyond the barrier.

• Ru Hua insisted on exploring the Abyss of Nothingness despite Hua Yunfei warning her of its danger, and he agreed to accompany her because he had sensed something there.
• As they approached the Abyss, its laws began tugging at Hua Yunfei’s and the World True Spirit’s Dao, while Ru Hua remained unaffected.
• Ru Hua’s fragment shielded Hua Yunfei from the Abyss’s devouring force before he could use his Backing Rune Stone.
• The World True Spirit asked about Ru Hua’s relationship with Hua Yunfei, learned she was Senior Kun Emperor’s beloved, and introduced itself to her.
• The three entered the Abyss of Nothingness and found a vast, pitch-black space with no sense of direction, where divine souls were devoured outside the fragment’s barrier.

Hua Yunfei, Ru Hua, and the World True Spirit of the Dao Evolution Realm found Sen Ming Immortal Emperor’s corpse in the Abyss of Nothingness and encountered a monstrous nine-headed black phoenix. They avoided detection, but the phoenix suddenly charged toward the source of the breathing Hua Yunfei had been following.

• Hua Yunfei followed the intermittent breathing through the Abyss of Nothingness with Ru Hua and the World True Spirit of the Dao Evolution Realm.
• The group discovered Sen Ming Immortal Emperor’s enormous corpse and realized a powerful foe had killed him.
• A nine-headed black phoenix appeared, and the World True Spirit of the Dao Evolution Realm recognized its human heads as famous Immortal Emperors.
• Hua Yunfei concealed the group’s auras with the Backing Rune Stone, and they circled the phoenix while it fed on Sen Ming Immortal Emperor’s corpse.
• The black phoenix reacted to the breathing, swallowed Sen Ming Immortal Emperor’s head, and rushed toward the sound’s source.